Canadian high diver Molly Carlson has taken extreme sports to new heights by leaping off a massive iceberg into the freezing Atlantic Ocean. Off the coast of Newfoundland, the athlete scaled the slick, icy natural structure before executing a dive into icy waters clad in a wetsuit.
“From cliff diving to ICEBERG diving?! @mollycarlson1 just made history as the first woman to dive from an iceberg! Redbull wrote while sharing a video capturing Carlson’s daring feat. When they roll over, it’s super violent.”
She completed the project in collaboration with Red Bull Cliff Diving, an annual global championship of extreme high diving founded in 2009 by the Austrian company that manufactures energy drinks.
Revealing what made iceberg climbing extremely dangerous, Gadd said, “The biggest hazard is that icebergs can roll over.
Carlson, however, managed to learn it and also found the perfect natural structure for her feat with help of Gadd and other team members. In a statement, Redbull wrote, “Carlson completed a near-15m backwards dive into the icy water, becoming the first woman to dive from a free-standing iceberg. She recalled, “I remember coming up out of the water and thinking, ‘Swim! Reflecting on her journey for this feat, she added, “You have hard days, you might be anxious, you might be scared, you might have so much fear. But at the end of the day, to show yourself that you can do really cool things is really special, so I’m really proud.”
The athlete said that the freezing water hit her instantly. You’ve got to get away.’” “For sure, the best day of my life,” she said.
